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Sealing the seams is annoying but hopefully a do once and forget. One word of advice on that. I thought I'd be clever and not seal the seam at the very bottom edge where the tube that holds the elastic bungee runs. It is below the tent of course, why on earth would I waste my time sealing...

Flip-Pac for us mainly because: Wanted a mid-size truck to be able to get down the kinds of roads we like to explore. Specifically a Tacoma which have almost zero payload so weight was absolutely critical. Every other actual pop-up camper puts the chassis *way* over GVWR once loaded up for...

It can be quite a pain to get the fin antenna off of the truck because it means dropping the headliner which is a major PIA to do. Some folks attempt to get to it from the back by only releasing the headliner at the rear but this frequently results in a creased headliner.

I carried one for about 15 years and never used it. I had other recovery tools that were better, safer and lighter. I don't carry one anymore *especially* because I mostly travel solo. Too much risk. Yeah, yeah - "its a tool, treat it with respect, blah, blah". That's BS. I've watched...

I really don't think attaching something to both the Habitat and the roof rack at the same time is a good idea at all. Typically the bed and the cab move significantly relative to each other when off-road so you'll put massive stress on the awning mounts as well as where the roof rack mounts to...

They are all "bimini" awning parts for boat awnings. Amazon has a bunch of options. Boat supply houses that should be plentiful in your neck of the woods would also have. So does Bass Pro if you are driving past one. Looking forward there are some nice "quick release" low profile attachments...

Almost certain it is not Nemo. Quality not even close.

Passing along a clever solution to rocking I've seen a few people use. If you've got sliders and a hi-lift just use the hi-lift to lift one side of the vehicle by a bit and no more rocking!

I wouldn't sleep on the top without the torsion bar. The front "supports" to the hood are very flimsy and not meant to hold much weight - usually the bar is taking most of the weight. Look up a few threads here on replacement. It is awkward but not super difficult. Basically you need to find...

I don't think you understand the question. Your answer sounds like it is for a torsion bar suspension. The question is about the torsion bar hinge used in a Flip Pac camper top. There are no wheels involved and no bolts...

Nothing, they have been out of business for about a year now.

Thanks for the reference! Glad to have one place to point to that calls out GVWR specifically for citation. Most states in the US I've checked just have a general "unsafely loaded" law that doesn't mention GVWR and then laws for being over your registered weight. In CA the cases I've heard...

In Tacoma land I've now seen more than one case of vehicles with way overloaded front ends (plate bumper, winches, armor, larger battery) that have broken a spindle in the wilderness. Extra irony is both vehicles also had "gusseted" their factory spindles likely making them weaker rather than...

This is commonly stated on forums and when challenged no one has ever produced any record of anyone having liability denied from being in an accident over weight. On the contrary in the one example of a law suit involving a private vehicle overweight often referenced (a CA case) the insurance...

Any midsize with any camper will be over GVWR period - end of story. Shell, Flip-Pac or Habitat is the only hope for keeping it under. FWC or equivalent - even the stripped down "shell" version will put you overweight unless you bring no food, water, fuel and the truck drives itself with no...

Thanks for the picture! So if I understand what you are saying and looking at the picture right it seems the torsion bar slowly worked its way to the driver side over time. Eventually only a small portion of the splines were engaged with the hinge on the drivers side. It looks like from the...

He already made that pretty clear: When the splines fail the torsion bar immediately unloads itself spinning at very high velocity. The lid doesn't move at all - the bar just spins inside the bearings. If you've got the crank arm attached when this happens - ouch. Has happened before...

Yikes! Hope you make a quick recovery. I'm extremely careful when opening mine and treat it almost like the prop on an airplane making sure no part of my body is in the path. What I worry about though is if it lets go while I'm holding it that I won't be able to let go and it will pull me in...

You haven't missed anything. Most half tons with a camper are way over their payload limit when loaded for camping with passengers. As you discovered most are over the limit just with the dry camper weight and the passengers and absolutely no luggage or fancy off-road bumpers and armor...

AT Habitat. Many month backlog right now and don't fit as many kinds of trucks as FlipPac yet. Also apparently someone bought the FRP FlipPac plans, tools, etc. and are planning on making them again. No clue on a timeline for that.